What’s the great conjunction or ‘Christmas Star’?
An expert shares how to view the great conjunction in the sky on December 21, and how the astrological event got dubbed the "Christmas Star."
Dec. 17, 2020 • ~7 min
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China's Chang'e-5 Moon mission set for Earth return
A capsule carrying samples of lunar rock and dust is due to land in Inner Mongolia.
Dec. 16, 2020 • ~4 min
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Capella delivers super sharp satellite radar pictures
US start-up Capella is in the vanguard of companies changing the way satellites see the Earth.
Dec. 16, 2020 • ~4 min
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Hayabusa-2: Pieces of an asteroid found inside space capsule
Scientists in Japan open the Hayabusa-2 space capsule that landed just over a week ago.
Dec. 15, 2020 • ~3 min
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Weird exoplanet looks like a cousin of ‘Planet Nine’
An exoplanet 336 light years from Earth has a resemblance to the hypothetical "Planet Nine" of our own solar system, researchers say.
Dec. 14, 2020 • ~10 min
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SpaceX Starship prototype exploded, but it's still a giant leap towards Mars
Starship's groundbreaking design will help it land safely on Mars one day.
Dec. 14, 2020 • ~6 min
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Space tourism: Virgin space plane set for first crewed flight
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic embarks on the first crewed flight of its rocket-powered tourist plane.
Dec. 12, 2020 • ~3 min
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New model could explain icy blast from Jupiter’s moon
A new model could reveal the origins of a hypothesized cryovolcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Europa and other icy bodies in the solar system.
Dec. 11, 2020 • ~8 min
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Why is the sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?
A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the surface.
Dec. 11, 2020 • ~8 min
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